Hubert, Philip Gengembre, 1852-1925 · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 213
a diagram illustrating morefully his reasons for considering his proposedvessel to be perfectly stable. Commodore, after- 198 INVENTORS ward Admiral, Paulding was convinced, and ad-mitted that Ericsson had taught him much aboutthe stability of vessels. Secretary Welles wasinformed that the board… … Sectional View of Monitor through Turret and Pilot-house. tract came it was found to be a singularly one-sided affair. If the Monitor proved vulnerable-in other words, if it was not a success—themoney paid for it by the Navy Department wasto be refunded. It took one hundred days to build the…
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